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tearful

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tear·ful  (tîrfl)
adj.
1. Filled with or accompanied by tears: tearful eyes; a tearful farewell.
2. So piteous as to excite tears: a tearful melodrama.

tearful·ly adv.
tearful·ness n.

tearful [ˈtɪəfʊl]
adj
1. about to cry
2. accompanying or indicative of weeping a tearful expression
3. tending to produce tears; sad
tearfully  adv
tearfulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"
dry-eyed, tearless - free from tears
2.tearfultearful - showing sorrow                      
sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

tearful
adjective
1. weeping, crying, sobbing, in tears, whimpering, blubbering, weepy (informal), lachrymose She was tearful when asked to talk about it.
Translations
tearful [ˈtɪəfʊl] ADJ [eyes, voice] → lloroso; [farewell, reunion] → emotivo
she was surrounded by tearful childrenestaba rodeada de niños que lloraban
she felt a bit tearfulse le saltaron las lágrimas
to become or get tearfulponerse a llorar
tearful [ˈtɪərfʊl] adjéploré(e)
His tearful family came to pay their last respects → Sa famille éplorée est venue rendre les derniers hommages.
to be tearful (= weeping) → être en pleurs (= inclined to weep) → au bord des larmes
to become tearful → fondre en larmes
tearful
adj looktränenfeucht; facetränenüberströmt; farewell, reuniontränenreich; he looked at her with tearful eyeser sah sie mit Tränen in den Augen an; to become tearfulzu weinen anfangen; she is a tearful personihr kommen leicht die Tränen; there were a few tearful momentses gab ein paar tränenvolle Augenblicke; …, she said in a tearful voice…, sagte sie unter Tränen
tearful [ˈtɪəfʊl] adj (face) → coperto/a di lacrime; (voice) → piangente; (person) → in lacrime
she looked a bit tearful → sembrava che stesse per piangere
tearful [ˈtɪəfʊl] adj (face) → coperto/a di lacrime; (voice) → piangente; (person) → in lacrime
she looked a bit tearful → sembrava che stesse per piangere


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One dwells in lonely places, Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces, Some human memories and tearful lore, Render him terrorless: his name's "No More.
As Marilla watched the bright, animated face and graceful motions her thoughts went back to the evening Anne had arrived at Green Gables, and memory recalled a vivid picture of the odd, frightened child in her preposterous yellowish-brown wincey dress, the heartbreak looking out of her tearful eyes.
After the second act I left Lena in tearful contemplation of the ceiling, and went out into the lobby to smoke.
 
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